how good do you want the finnish?
if you wnt easy, spray it with enamal, really really easy to spray...(hides behind a door and awaits abuse )
but seriously, its so, so easy to spray, no need to mess arround with clear, and once its on, its on.
(peeks arround edge of door)
yes, it has its downsides too!

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speed costs....how fast do you want to go...

Here is my effort. Acrylic WRX blue Pearl and white.



I love it -

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68 Mini
70 Moke

What do you use to mask off parts of the car when you are using different colored paints on the car?
like when using white on the roof and blue on the car, which color do you paint first, how long do oyu wait before you do the next color, nd what do you use the mask off the sections of the car you dont want the second color to go onto?

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1975 Hairy Lime/White Clubby
Build Thread: http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=80657

Don't forget acrylic does'nt come shiny off the gun, it has to be rubbed down & buffed to get a deep finish in it, its very easy to burn the paint whislt buffing it, 666 you seem to think its going to be cheap & easy to get a show quality finish, you are very wrong indeed.

Doogie

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I won Hay once, here's the pic to prove it..


Hay, it's not about the car, it's not about the venue, it's about the people that come here. Peter Dwyer, Mayor of Hay NSW.

i did mine with acrylic, it was first painted black then had 4 coats of blue/purple pearl (of my own receipe) clear coat, then another 4 coats of straight clear, only did this coz it was free and i had all the spray gear at my work, still gotta cut back a few (read most) of the panels still

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im with doogie on this one,
acrylic paint isint easy to get a good finish with, i sprayed an austin 1300 over summer and its fairly average, im assuming you are painting this one black still? black paint is literally the king of darkness (the father of mr lucas and Mr Brian Warner (im sure you know who i mean)) apart from showing up every little scratch and dent that hasent been taken out, everytime you point the gun the wrong way, or hold a little long, BAM, it smacks you in the face. not freindly stuff. especially dificult on large panels such as the roof (easy to get streaks)
ok thats my rant, im about o go buy some white ppg dulon for my alfa bumper..

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speed costs....how fast do you want to go...

nah its all good.. i dont expect it to be easy as long as its acheiveable...

it IS easy... just pay someone to do it...

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I'd still be wearing a respirator with acrylic too...

2pk spay is very bad for you, but so long as ou wear a proper mask you'll be ok..pref get an air fed mask...and also if you dont use a oven when you use 2pk you'll actually get more of a glossy finish....true
wouldnt recomend using black paint because it shows up every crap detail on the car, acrylic paint is fine but as other people have said if you want a gloss finish you'll have to do lots of clear coats.
drying times vary, but acrylic paint can dry in 5 mins in warm weather, 2pk takes ages and thats why people use baking ovens...takes about 2 days to dry normal (non oven)
are you sanding the car back or just going to paint it up?

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real men race downhill - keiichi tsuchiya

its already half bare metal... but ill be sanding it the whole thing back as its started to develop surface rust.. due to lack of funds..

Spray it with WD 40, will stop surface rust developing.

Doogie

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I won Hay once, here's the pic to prove it..


Hay, it's not about the car, it's not about the venue, it's about the people that come here. Peter Dwyer, Mayor of Hay NSW.

how do you get it off when it comes to priming ?

Prepsol.

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"Life is not like a box of chocolates... it's more like a jar of jalapenos. Whatever you do today, may burn your arse tomorrow."

Prepsol

Doogie

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I won Hay once, here's the pic to prove it..


Hay, it's not about the car, it's not about the venue, it's about the people that come here. Peter Dwyer, Mayor of Hay NSW.